Apamea epomidion
Clouded brindle | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Noctuidae |
Genus: | Apamea |
Species: | A. epomidion |
Binomial name | |
Apamea epomidion (Haworth, 1809) | |
Synonyms | |
Apamea characterea Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775 |
Apamea epomidion, the clouded brindle, is a moth of the family Noctuidae, sub-family Hadeninae. It is found throughout continental Europe, the British Isles, Sweden and Central Asia.[1][2] Also in the Altai Mountains, West Siberia, and in Amur.
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The wingspan is 40–46 mm.[2][3] Forewing grey brown or pale liver coloured; inner and outer lines double, obscurely marked; a thick black streak from base below cell, and a more diffuse one obliquely below it above inner margin; claviform stigma small, with black outline; orbicular oblique with brown centre and pale ring; reniform pale, defined only on its inner edge by a brown line with a pale dot at lower end, the cell between them dark brown; submarginal line pale, indented on each fold, preceded by black blotches on costa and on the folds and followed by dark marks on the latter only; hindwing brownish fuscous, paler towards base, with dark cell spot; very frequently the whole forewing is suffused with reddish brown, throwing up the paler transverse markings; this is the form characterea Hbn. - an extreme development of this, with the basal area above the black streak remaining prominently pale is the ab. epomidion Haw.;- alopecuroides Spul., from the Bukowina, denotes a form in which the whole forewing is redbrown, as in the form of rurea F. called alopecurus Esp.; - discrepans Stgr., [Now ssp. of Apamea aquila Donzel, 1837] from the Ussuri, is described as being much darker, the forewings coloured as in gemina Hbn.
The moth flies in June and July.
References
- ↑ Markku Savela. "Apamea epomidion". funet.fi. Retrieved 6 January 2013.
- 1 2 Bert Gustafsson (8 February 2011). "Apamea epomidion". Naturhistoriska riksmuseet. Retrieved 6 January 2013.
- 1 2 Ian Kimber. "2327 Clouded Brindle Apamea epomidion". UKMoths. Retrieved 6 January 2013.
- ↑ Wikisource:The Moths of the British Isles/Chapter 15#280
- ↑ "Robinson, G. S., P. R. Ackery, I. J. Kitching, G. W. Beccaloni & L. M. Hernández, 2010. HOSTS - A Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants. Natural History Museum, London".
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